Yeaaaah 6th place like last time. Had I not mistimed that Deathchain review I'd be on the same total as last time too. I'm happy; and this is a good turn out especially given its somewhat inconvenient timing.

EDIT: And the new blood has left his mark. hells, you were interested to see what the new writers could do, and here's your answer. sc2112, you fucking machine!

Yeaaaah 6th place like last time. Had I not mistimed that Deathchain review I'd be on the same total as last time too. I'm happy; and this is a good turn out especially given its somewhat inconvenient timing.

EDIT: And the new blood has left his mark. hells, you were interested to see what the new writers could do, and here's your answer. sc2112, you fucking machine!

Indeed, stainedclass2112 had an extremely impressive showing, very disciplined in making sure that his quality remained constant and that he wasn't cutting corners with description towards the end. The whole approach of hitting one artist's discography is an interesting one, then again, with Buckethead almost every album could be by a different band.

I'm fairly happy with what I contributed, I had to take a day off to recoup from a grueling 2 hour gig the night before Saturday as I got home at around 3 in the morning and had to work with a couple of customers at my business the next morning. Next time around I think I may try to at least break out of the 30 and below mark that I've been boxed in for the past several challenges. I probably won't have numbers like what I did in the early days, but with the right game plan I might be able to break 40 again.

Awesome work people! I'm happy I managed to get a few in and proud to announce that my daughter was born on Friday! Review challenge baby!

D'awww congrats man!

Sadly this one was very badly timed for me. I was knackered after two weeks of AS exams followed by this post-AS period of mandatory work (you don't start next year if you don't finish it) and the whole UCAS university application, as well as the BMAT (Biomedical Assessment Test). So nearly matching my output during the Christmas holidays, albeit with far less regularity, is pleasing.

Yay! This was really freakin' fun. Even though the vast majority of my reviews were of Buckethead albums, I still enjoyed both writing them and being able to revisit some of my old favorite Big B albums, in addition to getting some practice in. Besides, who else is going to review the Buckethead? Hopefully those reviews (and those to come) can help some people more easily traverse his discography.

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Indeed, stainedclass2112 had an extremely impressive showing, very disciplined in making sure that his quality remained constant and that he wasn't cutting corners with description towards the end. The whole approach of hitting one artist's discography is an interesting one, then again, with Buckethead almost every album could be by a different band.

Thanks a bunch! I was hoping to keep a steady quality for most of those; I didn't want to get skimpy just to try to fit a few more in. For my first time participating, this has been awesome. Next time, I aim to write not only more, but cover a far more broad of a spectrum of material.

Hope the mods didn't get too sick of sitting through 45 of those

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It will make you piss in your goddamn pants. It has influences from thrash, grindcore, crossover, hardcore punk, and RUDOLPH THE FUCKING RED NOSED DEER

Porcupine, I just got a chance to read that Dementia review. You pretty much nailed it! I would have loved to do that Asguard review, but you'll have to settle for the Gravastar for now!

Cheers! It was an interesting listen, so I'm glad you gave me that one to review. As for Asguard, you were a little preoccupied this week so I'm not entirely surprised Maybe next time. Happy with my output at any rate, I was aiming for one a day and I managed that. Secret Satan's proved to be a positive addition to the challenge the last couple of times, so hopefully we keep that (or something similar) going for the next one.

I'll probably revert to the system we had before with the Secret Satan, where it matches tastes. I've also been hearing that many people aren't reviewing their Secret Satan albums for the challenge, which is sadly very disappointing. The whole point of the Secret Satan is to add to the challenge.

I think the old system was better, because here you have no idea what you are getting at all. With the old one, while you still don't know what album you have a rough idea of what to expect, and people can choose between reviewing something familiar or deliberately going out of their comfort zone. Good call on that one.

I like secret satan and I hope it stays around in one form or another. Last time it was better because we got them a few days before the challenge so there was more time to listen to it and digest. I know Derigin was busy with life this go and that's cool, we all have real lives. I just felt a bit rushed trying to listen to something I'd never heard before and give it a solid review in under 7 days. And my review quality reflects that sadly.

_________________Man is truly a wretched thing, and the forest is committed to expunging him from existence.

Just ask for volunteers Deri! Remember that outpouring of help offers on April Fools? I'm sure if you asked at least a handful of people would offer to help. Though realistically you probably mean another mod and then well sorry .

_________________Man is truly a wretched thing, and the forest is committed to expunging him from existence.

My Secret Satan was actually well in line with my tastes, so I don't know if I got lucky or what. I've also given two options each time I've done it for the other guy just so they don't have to feel stuck. I, like so many others it seems, just got hit with a bunch of unforeseeable shit that took a massive swath of my time and I just wasn't able to get anything done. I have all next week off from work though so maybe I'll do my own little solo two-weeks-late challenge or something.

Didn't think I'd be #9 with just 10 reviews, which is a lot for me as lately I only write reviews during these challenges. Helped too that I had my Nails' Unsilent Death review written long in advance and just waiting for the inevitable day that they'd be accepting into the Archives.

Glad there were so many Virgin reviews! I like the challenges and I think I made some kind of progress in the way I write. I hope I will be able to get better and contribute more, not only in challenges.